PHOTO GALLERY: The 5-year anniversary of COVID-19 pandemic
Cleric women wearing protective clothing and “chador,” a head-to-toe garment, arrive a cemetery to prepare the body of a victim who died from the new coronavirus for a funeral, in the city of Ghaemshahr, in north of Iran, on April 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Photos: The 5-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the first in over a century. The international agency urged everyone around the globe to work together to alter the course of the virus, which had already touched 114 nations and ended more than 4,000 lives.
Five years since COVID-19 began, readers say the pandemic is far from over. Here’s why.
Boston.com readers said the pandemic remains an ever-present threat to public health, despite much of society having moved on.
By The Numbers: What the COVID pandemic has brought over 5 years
A look at the numbers since Covid was announced as a global pandemic five years ago today, and how low vaccination rates still fuel serious infections and illnesses.
What health experts have learned from the COVID pandemic 5 years later
Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic, and since then, so much has changed. There have been many lessons learned, and changes made by doctors and hospitals,
Look back: Photos from COVID-19's eerie onset 5 years later
On the five-year anniversary of the COVID-19 shutdowns, The Forum photo staff looks back on images captured during that time.
A look back at the coronavirus lockdown
Five years ago this week, COVID-19 shut the world down. Here’s a look back at the first days of a pandemic that reshaped ...
5 ways schools have shifted in 5 years since COVID-19
COVID-19 prompted schools to make an abrupt switch to educational technology, and many schools have kept many of these ...
First coronavirus similar to MERS discovered in bats in South America
A collaboration between researchers in the Brazilian states of São Paulo and Ceará and colleagues affiliated with Hong Kong ...
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5 years after COVID-19 pandemic, report hails Rapides' progress battling learning loss
Rapides Schools Superintendent Jeff Powell knew the district had a unique opportunity to act once federal dollars were ...
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New technology, and mistrust, is legacy of Covid-19 for Vermont public health
The pandemic left the state with a variety of tools to help conquer public health challenges. However, experts are concerned about the gaps in federal leadership for future crises.
On This Day: Trump declares national emergency over COVID-19
In 2020, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On this date, the novel ...
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5 years later, Dr. Peter Hotez on triumphs and tragedies of COVID-19
Triumphs of COVID-19 included rapid vaccine development and scientific collaboration. But the tragedies were numerous.
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24 Minnesotans reflect on how COVID-19 changed their lives
Gov. Tim Walz declared the COVID-19 pandemic a peacetime emergency. Five years later, Minnesotans look back on the early days ...
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5 years later, we remember how Hawaiʻi navigated the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic took hold across the globe 5 years ago this month. The Conversation talked to Former Former East-West Center epidemiologist Tim Brown about the early days of the pandemic and ...
Fake Covid-19 jab trial: Suspended doctor Jipson Quah recants statements he gave police
Quah recanted parts of his police statements, even calling some of his own words "flowery fiction". Read more at straitstimes ...